Hornsby wins Princeton, FASTRAK Triple Crown to Bare

PRINCETON, W.V. – Henry Hornsby III made some bold moves at Princeton Speedway in Princeton, West Virginia to win the FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series feature on Saturday night.

It was also the third Jewel of the 12th Annual FASTRAK Triple Crown, with Tyler Bare of Rockridge Baths, Virginia scoring the title with a fourth-place finish.

A lap 14 restart found Hornsby in the fourth spot behind Benji Hicks, Walker Arthur and Bare. The lead quartet of drivers went into the first turn on the restart four-wide.

When dust settled, Arthur came out the leader, and Hornsby made a bold move to come out of turn two in the second spot. On the next restart, Hornsby was able to get the jump on Arthur to take the lead.

Hornsby never looked back en route to his second career FASTRAK Touring win, taking a 2.458 second margin of victory under the checkered flag to score the $2,500 win.

“When we into turn one on that lap 14 restart, Arthur pushed up on Hicks, and I wasn’t sure what to do, so I just mashed the gas,” Hornsby said. “To win one of these races is just incredible. There is so much tough competition in FASTRAK, I’m just proud to get to race with these guys.”

“We gave up running a Division 3 race to come here tonight, so we have decided to give up on the weekly stuff and we’re going to tour with FASTRAK for the rest of the year,” Bare said after the race. “We will have to do a more traveling than we’re used to, but we have had so much fun racing with the FASTRAK Touring guys, and being able to compete with them, this is where I need to be.”

Hicks finished in second, with Arthur in third, Bare in fourth and T.J. Salango in fifth.